To make an appointment at Siteman Cancer Center, call 800-600-3606.
WashU Medicine oncologists at the Siteman Cancer Center devote their efforts to preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
- Medical oncologists treat patients with medications, including chemotherapy, in outpatient and inpatient settings for nearly all types of cancers.
- Bone marrow transplant specialists provide the most advanced treatment for patients suffering from leukemia, lymphoma and aplastic anemia.
Our multidisciplinary team of oncologists, along with our nurses and caregivers, have the expertise and experience you or your loved one will need during every phase of cancer treatment.
Our specialties include:
The WashU Medicine Advantage: Research
An added value of cancer treatment at WashU Medicine is the possibility of enrollment in clinical trials. Patients may participate in new treatment protocols of several national and regional multidisciplinary cooperative oncology groups, institutional multidisciplinary therapeutic protocols and studies with investigational agents sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
Siteman Cancer Center
The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, is an international leader in cancer treatment. It is the only cancer center in Missouri to hold the prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute and membership in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Siteman Cancer Center an “exceptional” rating, based on a rigorous review of Siteman’s research programs. The rating is the highest possible by the NCI, the principal federal institute that funds cancer research. Learn what sets us apart from other cancer centers.
Siteman Cancer Center is one of the largest clinical programs in the country with more than 600 WashU Medicine research scientists and physicians who provide care for 75,000 people, including 12,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients, each year.
Siteman offers access to:
- A full range of advanced diagnostic and treatment services
- 700 interventional clinical trials, which are investigational therapies not generally available to the public
- A wide variety of support services throughout a patient’s care
Siteman is located on the Washington University Medical Campus in the Central West End. Satellite facilities are conveniently located at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital in Creve Coeur; Northwest HealthCare, part of Christian Hospital, in north St. Louis County; Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Charles County; Siteman Cancer Center–South County; and Memorial Hospital Shiloh in Illinois.
To speak with a referral specialist or request an appointment, please call 314-747-7222 or 800-600-3606.